Must-Haves

- 10+ years of experience in SDET, test automation engineering, software development, or related automation roles.
- Strong TypeScript/JavaScript coding experience.
- Advanced hands-on experience with Playwright.
- Deep experience designing and architecting automation frameworks from scratch.
- Strong UI/web automation expertise, with the environment approximately 70% UI / 30% API automation.
- Ability to define the technical architecture and approach for automation.
- Strong experience building automated regression, integration, and end-to-end testing solutions.
- Strong experience integrating automation into GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with API and backend testing, including REST/GraphQL.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, SDLC, Agile, and modern engineering practices.
- Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis capabilities.
- Experience using AI coding tools for automation development, such as Cursor or Kiro.

Plusses

- eCommerce experience, including checkout, payments, loyalty, or guest-facing applications.
- BrowserStack experience. Sauce Labs experience is also relevant.
- Strong software development background.

Job Overview





Our client is seeking an Automation Lead to own the technical design and direction of automated testing across a large eCommerce web ecosystem. This is a highly technical, hands-on role responsible for automation architecture, framework design, coding, and CI/CD integration.

The idóneo candidate combines deep SDET experience with the ability to design scalable automation solutions and provide technical leadership while remaining hands-on with development.

Day-to-Day

- Lead the design and architecture of automation frameworks and testing solutions.
- Establish the technical approach and direction for UI and API automation.
- Remain hands-on with coding and automation development.
- Design and maintain scalable automated regression and end-to-end test suites.
- Integrate automated testing into GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
- Partner with Developers, QA, Product, and DevOps on overall quality strategy.
- Troubleshoot complex automation and application issues.
- Improve framework scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
- Drive increased automation coverage and reduced manual regression testing.

📌 Lead SDET (México)
🏢 ITMC Systems
📍 México